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It includes United States Navy admirals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "United States Navy World War II admirals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total.
Samuel Glenn Fuqua (October 15, 1899 – January 27, 1987) was a United States Navy rear admiral and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Admirals of the Royal Navy during World War II (1939-1945). United Kingdom portal ... Pages in category "Royal Navy admirals of World War II" The following 142 pages ...
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford and Captain Joseph J. "Jocko" Clark are shown on the open bridge of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, in October 1943. At the start of U.S. involvement in World War II, Clark was known as an aggressive commander, ready to take his group into battle. [5]
Chester William Nimitz (/ ˈ n ɪ m ɪ t s /; 24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy.He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
John Duncan Bulkeley (19 August 1911 – 6 April 1996) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and was one of its most decorated naval officers. Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Appointed vice admiral, on 20 January 1932 while in command of the Battle Force's cruisers, Standley was placed in command of the Battle Force, U.S. Fleet, with the rank of admiral, on 20 May 1933. Breaking his flag in his former command, California , the admiral remained at sea until 1 July 1933, when President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him ...
A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth-century Naval Leader. Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5197-4. Tuchman, Barbara (1962). The Guns of August. Constable. ISBN 0-333-69880-0. Warner, Oliver (1967). Cunningham of Hyndhope: Admiral of the Fleet. John Murray. ISBN 0-7195-1714-1. Winton, John (1998). Cunningham: The Greatest Admiral ...